Wiremu Mahu Maurirere

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Wiremu Mahu AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Maurirere AWMM

Nama Hōia

65301 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1916 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

1916

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 April 2016 - Military Record

Wāhi Whānau

Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 April 2016 - Military Record

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

• Son of Peta Kōmaru Tumaurirere and Ruth Maurirere (nee Walker) of Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
  Public - Allison - Other relative - 4 May 2022 - Family oral and written history
• Son of Peta Maurirere and of Ruth Maurirere (nee Walker), of Mangatuna
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 April 2016 - Military Record

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• 1077 Waiapu Road
  Otānga
  Mangatuna
  Tolaga Bay
  Public - Allison - Other relative - 4 May 2022 - Family oral and written history

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs P. Maurirere (mother), Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Ruth Maurirere (mother)
  Public - Allison - Other relative - 4 May 2022 - Family oral and written history

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

65301 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion, C Company AWMM

• Wiremu Mahu Maurirere was the son of Peta Maurirere and of Ruth Maurirere (nee Walker), of Mangatuna,Tolaga Bay, New Zealand. AWMM
• Wiremu Mahu Maurirere was the son of Peta Kōmaru Tumaurirere and Ruth Maurirere (nee Walker) of Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, New Zealand
  Public - Allison - Other relative - 4 May 2022 - Family oral history

Matenga

26 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. E. 16. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Maurirere. —ln loving memory of our dear brother and uncle. Pte. Wiremu M. Maurirere, who was killed in action.
Farewell dear brother and uncle,
Who fell for our King and country.
Rest in Peace. —lnserted by his loving brothers, sisters,. nieces and nephews.
Maurirere. —Pte. Wiremu M.
He tangi whakamutunga
Tenei na mau ko o natua.
Haere etama, Haere,
Mate Rangatira to mate,
I mate koe mote .
Whenua mote Emepaea.
—lnserted by Mum and Dad and brother Tutu, prisoner of war.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 July 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20937, 10 NOVEMBER 1942, PAGE 1

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
• Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna Memorial Gates, Mangatuna, Tolaga Bay, Unveiling in 1946
  Public - Allison - Other relative - 4 May 2022 - Family oral and written history

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2210446
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 4: WW2 242
• Soutar, M. (2008). Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945. Albany, N.Z.: David Bateman.
  Portrait published in Soutar (2008)